Surname: | Powell |
Initials: | G W |
Rank: | Private |
Army Number: | 6149946 |
Notes: | CMP. 16 Company TC. Enlisted 10 East Surrey Regiment, transferred to CMP. War Diary 16 Company Traffic Control, WO 171/3357. 4/8/1944, Somervieu, enemy aircraft dropped a bomb on unit location after being caught in a AA barrage. 4 other ranks killed, Brooks, Fincham, McGowan & Ward, 24 wounded mostly by blast. Casualty List 1526, wounded, North West Europe, 4/8/1944. 1/3/46 discharged. George William Powell. |